Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Sharing Conversations

Interviewed for the Departures/Arrivals column at the weekend Haaretz , Gili Katz Lorber of Moshav Tzoran; who is flying to the Republic of Georgia, is asked the purpose of her trip and answers

I am going on an eight-day bicycle trip with 18 other women.

the interview continues:

Only women?Yes, we’re a group of terrain cyclists who have been together more than four years. I am the instructor. We’re called “Women Riders in Nature” − sporteva.co.il [in Hebrew].No men?No. Because when you cycle with men it’s a different kind of talk. Our group is also a support group in every sense. We talk about everything; there are very intimate conversations. I don’t think women would share like that in a group that included men.

Sharing conversations with politicians is even more difficult and more dangerous while very much less informative.^

About Me

American born, my wife and I moved to Israel in 1970. We have lived at Shiloh together with our family since 1981. I was in the Betar youth movement in the US and UK. I have worked as a political aide to Members of Knesset and a Minister during 1981-1994, lectured at the Academy for National Studies 1977-1994, was director of Israel's Media Watch 1995-2000 and currently, I work at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem. I was a guest media columnist on media affairs for The Jerusalem Post, op-ed contributor to various journals and for six years had a weekly media show on Arutz 7 radio. I serve as an unofficial spokesperson for the Jewish Communities in Judea & Samaria.